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MUMBAI: Acute vaccine shortage prompted the BMC to instruct vaccination centres on Friday to prioritise those coming in for the second dose. Across Mumbai, thousands are either being turned away or are forced to head from one centre to another looking for vaccine doses. Booking an appointment though Co-Win has become a near-impossible task.
“Why are you asking the state? Ask the Centre why there are no doses,” said Dr Dilip Patil, the state’s immunisation in-charge, on Friday. With less than 7 lakh vaccine doses in its kitty, vaccination is likely to suffer majorly across Maharashtra through the weekend. In Mumbai, Dr Mangala Gomare, the BMC’s executive health officer, said they were expecting 50,000 doses on Friday. Many private centres that didn’t do vaccination through the week may remain shut.